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Consolidation of 4 existing programs providing prevention programming for children exposed to violence and strategies to engage men in preventing violence and includes new focus area on preventing teen dating violence

Extends hardship waiver available to battered immigrant spouses where the underlying marriage was invalid because the US citizen or LPR spouse committed bigamy unbeknownst to the non-citizen victim spouse

Sec. 807. Protections for a fiancée or fiancé of a citizen

Requires US sponsors to disclose on their visa applications for foreign fiancé(e)s and spouses any protective orders or convictions for “attempted domestic and sexual violence crimes

Requires that the US government’s background check on US sponsors (conducted under existing law) include a check of the FBI’s NCIC Protection Order Database

Clarifies how foreign fiancé(e)s/spouses of sponsoring US citizens should be notified about any such criminal background or protection order information

Sec. 808. Regulation of international marriage brokers

Requires the AG to report to Congress on how violations of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA) will be investigated and prosecuted

Requires international marriage brokers (IMBs) to keep records of compliance with IMBRA’s prohibition on marketing children; clarifies IMB obligations re: obtaining and disclosing information about US clients’ criminal background or protection order history

Clarifies eligibility for crime and trafficking victims in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to adjust status by including time accrued prior to November 2009

Sec. 810. Disclosure of information for national security purposes

Permits the sharing of information in immigration applications made by victims of abuse for a law enforcement purpose to extend to national security officials, so long as the information is used solely for a national security purpose and in a manner that protects its confidentiality of that information

TITLE IX – SAFETY FOR INDIAN WOMEN

Sec. 901. Grants to Indian Tribal governments

Allows services to sex trafficking victims

Allows services to youth and to non-abusing parent

Allows funding to develop/promote legislation and policies

Sec. 902. Grants to Indian Tribal coalitions

Allows funding to develop/promote legislation and policies

Removes “individuals” as eligible grantees

Requires equitable distribution of funds to all eligible coalitions that apply

Sec. 903. Consultation

Requires the Department of Interior to participate in annual HHS/OVW consultation with tribes

Mandates 120 day notice period

Requires AG to make report to Congress

Adds “sex trafficking” to the list of enumerated topics on which tribes should submit recommendations

Sec. 904. Tribal jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence

Restores tribal criminal jurisdiction over all persons committing domestic violence, dating violence, and violation of protection orders within Indian country

Exceptions for when neither party is Indian, or when defendant has no ties to Tribe

Requires that 75% of funding be allocated to reducing the rape kit backlog and to increasing lab capacity over next 5 years

Requires that 5-7% of funds be used for audits; gives detailed audit requirements

Requires that protocols for effective processing be established within 18 months

Provides TA to the states

Sec. 1003. Reports to Congress

Requires AG report to Congress

Sec. 1005. Oversight and accountability

Applies VAWA accountability restrictions to SAFER grants

Sec. 1006. Sunset

Repeals audit grants effective 2018

TITLE XI — OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 1101. Sexual abuse in custodial settings

Extends the application of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to all immigration detention facilities under DHS or HHS authority, requiring them to adopt the same standards as in other federal facilities re: the detection, prevention, reduction and punishment of rape and sexual assault

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